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	<title>Input Type=File: Browser Peculiarities: Effects of the READONLY attribute</title>
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<big><b><u>Assertion:</u></b></big>
<div class="assert">Using a READONLY attribute in IE4 and IE5 on this element still 
allows a user to invoke the file...open dialog (from the "Browse..." button), although 
the text field is not directly editable. In IE5.5 plus, both the text field AND the 
file...open dialog are not usable.</div>
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<b>Plain Input Type=File field, no READONLY attribute:</b>
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<form>
<input type="file"><br>
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<b>Input Type=File field, READONLY attribute present. </b>
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<form>
<input type="file" readonly><br>
</form>
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